Species ***Pseudomonas* *oleovorans***

Name: Pseudomonas oleovorans Lee and Chandler 1941 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.le.o.vo.rans. L. neut. n. oleum, oil; L. pres. part. vorans, eating, devouring; N.L. fem. part. adj. oleovorans, oil devouring

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 8062; CCUG 2087; CECT 4079; CFBP 5589; CIP 59.11; DSM 1045; IFO 13583; JCM 11598; LMG 2229; NBRC 13583; NCIB 6576; NCIMB 6576; NCTC 10692; NRRL B-778; VKM B-1522

16S rRNA gene: D84018 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Lee M, Chandler AC. A Study of the Nature, Growth and Control of Bacteria in Cutting Compounds. J Bacteriol 1941; 41:373-386.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Ectopseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes (Stanier 1966) Rudra and Gupta 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes Stanier 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Ectopseudomonas oleovorans (Lee and Chandler 1941) Rudra and Gupta 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- Saha et al. 2010 Saha R, Sproer C, Beck B, Bagley S. Pseudomonas oleovorans subsp. lubricantis subsp. nov., and reclassification of Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes ATCC 17440T as later synonym of Pseudomonas oleovorans ATCC 8062 T. Curr Microbiol 2010; 60:294-300. Euzeby JP. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 12. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1482-1483.
  Notes:
  - 🫂 Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.

Notes:
- ⏰ According to Saha et al. (2010), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Ectopseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes (Stanier 1966) Rudra and Gupta 2024. Publication: Saha R, Sproer C, Beck B, Bagley S. Pseudomonas oleovorans subsp. lubricantis subsp. nov., and reclassification of Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes ATCC 17440T as later synonym of Pseudomonas oleovorans ATCC 8062 T. Curr Microbiol 2010; 60:294-300.
- ⏰ According to Saha et al. (2010), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes Stanier 1966 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Saha R, Sproer C, Beck B, Bagley S. Pseudomonas oleovorans subsp. lubricantis subsp. nov., and reclassification of Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes ATCC 17440T as later synonym of Pseudomonas oleovorans ATCC 8062 T. Curr Microbiol 2010; 60:294-300.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 247 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.
- 🧍 Pseudomonas oleovorans is isolated from oil-water emulsions used as lubricants and cooling agents in the cutting and grinding of metals. Apparently the organism lives on some normal constituent of the cutting compound, probably the naphthenic acids, which act as emulsifying agents. Consequently, the name oleovorans may not be appropriate. Publication: Palleroni NJ. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula 1894, 237 AL (Nom. Cons., Opin. 5 of the Jud. Comm. 1952, 121). In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 323-379.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Pseudomonas oleovorans subsp. lubricantis Saha et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Pseudomonas oleovorans subsp. oleovorans (Lee and Chandler 1941) Saha et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Pseudomonas Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Lee M, Chandler AC. A Study of the Nature, Growth and Control of Bacteria in Cutting Compounds. J Bacteriol 1941; 41:373-386.

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Species Pseudomonas oleovorans

Species ***Pseudomonas* *oleovorans***